Retro casting The Batman

[Lautox]

John Cazale as The Riddler!!!

He could play any villain

 

[Eddie Dean]

 

[Lautox]

(UPTATED)

Early 90s

Daniel Day Lewis as Batman

Halle Berry as Selina Kyle

Morgan Freeman/Danny Glover as Gordon

John Malkovich as Riddler

Gary Oldman as Penguin (Prosthetics)

John Hurt as Alfred

Harvey Keitel/Dennis Farina as Falcone

Xander Berkeley/David Morse as Gil Colson

Ralph Fiennes as Unseen Arkham Prisoner

Sophie Okonedo as Bella Reál

Yul Vazquez as Officer Martinez

Gabriel Byrne/Stephen Rea as William Kenzie

? as Chief Mackenzie Bock




Brian Cox as Pete Savage

? as Mayor Don Mitchell Jr




Jeremy London/Jason London as The Twins

 

[Eddie Dean]

Fiennes would be a good Battinson analog, especially if Bigelow is directing and Angela Bassett is Catwoman.

 

[Kane52630]

The Batman (1988)



Directed by Michael Mann

Bruce Wayne/The Batman- Tom Cruise

Selina Kyle/Catwoman- Jennifer Beals

Or Rae Dawn Chong

Edward Nashton/Riddler- Anthony Michael Hall

James Gordon- Robert DoQui

Carmine Falcone- Gene Hackman

Alfred Pennyworth- F. Murray Abraham

Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin- Alec Baldwin

Gil Colson- Stephen Lang

Bella Reál- Vanessa Estelle Williams

GCPD officer Martinez- John Leguizamo

William Kenzie- William Petersen

Pete Savage- John Lithgow

Mackenzie Bock- Dennis Farina

 

[Lautox]

The Batman (1988)



Bruce Wayne/The Batman -

Selina Kyle/Catwoman- Jennifer Beals

Or Rae Dawn Chong

Edward Nashton/Riddler- Anthony Michael Hall

James Gordon- Robert DoQui

Carmine Falcone- Gene Hackman

Alfred Pennyworth- F. Murray Abraham

Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin- Alec Baldwin

Gil Colson- Stephen Lang

Bella Reál- Vanessa Estelle Williams

GCPD officer Martinez- John Leguizamo

William Kenzie- William Petersen

Pete Savage- John Lithgow

Mackenzie Bock- Dennis Farina

Manhunter inspired batman

 

[Frodo]

Late 1960s

THE BATMAN
Director : Michelangelo Antonioni
Soundtrack by The Doors

The Cast

Batman : Peter O' Toole. O'Toole is actually the actor Pattinson reminds me most of.

Catwoman : Nichelle Nichols

Riddler : David Hemmings

Penguin : Telly Savalas

Gordon : Ossie Davis

Alfred Pennyworth : Cary Grant

 

[Eddie Dean]

Joel Schumacher's The Batman (2002)

Batman - Colin Farrell
Selina Kyle - Kerry Washington
The Riddler - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Jim Gordon - Forest Whitaker
Alfred - Ciaran Hinds
The Penguin - James Gandolfini
Carmine Falcone - Robert Duvall
Bella Real - Rosario Dawson
Gil Coulson - Kiefer Sutherland
Officer Martinez - Clifton Collins Jr
Commissioner Pete Savage - Chris Bauer
Mayor Don Mitchell Jr - Anthony Heald
Unseen Arkham Inmate - Michael Shannon

 

[Lautox]

Darren Aronofsky's The Batman
(2002)

Joaquin Phoenix as Batman
Thandie Newton as Catwoman
Laurence Fishburne as Gordon
Gary Oldman as Oz
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Riddler
Frank Langella as Falcone
Ian McKellen as Alfred
John Malkovich as Gil Colson
Cillian Murphy as Unseen Arkham Prisoner
Mark Margolis as Pete Savage

 

[Sharkboy]

late 80's Kathryn Bigelow directed neo noir Batman?! *drools*

 

[Eddie Dean]

I got so many Strange Days vibes from this

 

[Luke995]

Just for fun...

The Batman before he was even created...

1920s

Conrad Veidt in the double role of...



Bruce Wayne

And...



Unseen Arkham prisoner

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[Lautox]

The Batman (2012)

Jake Gyllenhaal as Batman

Zoe Zaldana as Catwoman
Forrest Whitaker as Gordon
Russell Crowe as Oz
Joaquin Phoenix as Riddler
Joe Pantoliano as Falcone
Sean Bean as Alfred
Guy Pearce as Gil Colson
Ben Wishaw as Unseen Arkham Prisoner

 

[Frodo]

THE BATMAN (1980s)
Director : Ethan and Joel Cohen

The Cast

Batman : Judd Nelson ( The Breakfast Club)

Catwoman : Traci Wolfe ( Lethal Weapon)

Riddler : Kiefer Sutherland ( The Lost Boys)

The Penguin : Bob Hoskins ( The Long Good Friday)

Detective James Gordon : Billy Dee Williams ( Lady Sings The Blues)

Alfred Pennyworth : Sean Connery ( The Hunt For Red October)

Carmine Falcone : Paul Newman

Pete Savage : Brian Dehnneny ( First Blood)

Bella Real : Lynn Whitfield ( The Josephine Baker Story)

Gil Coulson : William Hurt ( Body Heat)

Officer Martinez : Esai Morales ( La Bamba)

Anika : Maryam d'Abo ( The Living Daylights)

Prisoner in Arkham : Benicio Del Toro

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Bruce Wayne/The Batman: River Phoenix

And his brother played a Joker who thought he was the older brother of Bruce Wayne.
I like that choice a lot.

 

[p4poetic]

I’m too lazy right now to do a full cast, but Al Pacino as early-mid 70s Bruce, for sure.

Adding to your laziness, I could see Brenda Sykes as 70s Catwoman. Funny enough I was just thinking how good a Carmine Falcone Al Pacino would make.

 

[Frodo]

THE BATMAN (1939)
Director : Orson Welles

The Cast

Batman : Orson Welles ( Citizen Kane)

Catwoman : Fredi Washington ( Imitation of Life)

Riddler : Peter Lorre ( Casablanca )

Penguin : Edward G Robinson ( Key Largo)

James Gordon : Clark Gable ( Gone With The Wind)

Alfred Pennyworth : Claude Rains ( Mr. Smith Goes To Washington)

Carmine Falcone : Boris Karloff ( Frankenstein )

Bella Real : Lena Horne ( Stormy Weather)

Pete Savage : Thomas Mitchell ( It's A Wonderful Life)

Gil Coulson : Fredric March ( Seven Days In May)

Officer Martinez : Cesar Romero

 

[Luke995]

EARLY 50s

PART 1

After 15 years from the creation of the character, Warner Bros. decides to buy the rights and make a noir-detective movie.


THE BATMAN

Dir. Howard Hawks (Scarface, The Big Sleep)

BATMAN/BRUCE WAYNE: Marlon Brando.




SELINA KYLE: Jane Russell.

EDWARD NASHTON: Jack Lemmon.





LT. JAMES GORDON: Charlton Heston.

ALFRED PENNYWORTH: John Wayne.





CARMINE FALCONE: Clark Gable.

 

[Luke995]

PART 2

JOKER: James Dean.

OSWALD COBBLEPOT / PENGUIN: Rod Steiger.

COMM. PETE SAVAGE: Orson Welles

(in the photo with James Gordon hahah)

 

[Lautox]

PART 2

JOKER: James Dean.

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OSWALD COBBLEPOT / PENGUIN: Rod Steiger.

COMM. PETE SAVAGE: Orson Welles

(in the photo with James Gordon hahah)

James Dean as Joker would've be amazing, that type of casting reminds me of Heath Ledger's one

 

[Luke995]

James Dean as Joker would've be amazing, that type of casting reminds me of Heath Ledger's one

That was my point! Haha

 

[Eddie Dean]

John Wayne as Alfred????

 

[Luke995]

John Wayne as Alfred????

I know, it's an unpopular casting, but I thought about him because the original Alfred's face is quite similar to him and, plus, Wayne is coherent to Serkis' characterization of an ex intelligence agent and war veteran.

 

[BatsAndNights]

Darren Aronofsky's The Batman
(2002)

Joaquin Phoenix as Batman
Thandie Newton as Catwoman
Laurence Fishburne as Gordon
Gary Oldman as Oz
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Riddler
Frank Langella as Falcone
Ian McKellen as Alfred
David Morse as Gil Colson
Cillian Murphy as Unseen Arkham Prisoner
Mark Margolis as Pete Savage

I swear Aronofsky had Alfred be a black mechanic. I always saw Samuel L Jackson as a better fit for his version of Alfred

 

[Eddie Dean]

Timothee as Batman lol